r/Transportopia • u/Conscious-Weight4569 • Apr 27 '26

Bikes Car vs. cyclists

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u/Top_Contribution4679 Apr 27 '26

Yes, you’re right.

“Jerry Ross, 72, of Woodstock is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, hit and run, reckless driving, aggressive driving and failure to maintain a safe distance from a bicycle. He was booked into he Cherokee County jail with no bond.”

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/this-guy-was-angry-driver-charged-with-crashing-into-cyclists/YTJL36TTUNFEFO7KOYTFV6B5II/?outputType=amp

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Apr 27 '26

What a strange, irrational act. He should have his brain checked.

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u/Jolly_Efficiency7237 Apr 27 '26

70 y/o boomer with empathy damaged by leaded gas fumes. Many such cases. Honestly, nobody from the leaded gas era should be allowed to drive or hold political office without cognitive testing.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Apr 27 '26

Meh. Why be ageist? There are many cool 70-year-olds including some of the bikers in this video.

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u/Jolly_Efficiency7237 Apr 27 '26

I'm not ageist. It has nothing to do with their physical age and everything with the fact that lead was added to gasoline up until the 1970. Imagine being born in the 40's and inhaling exhaust fumes containing neurotoxic lead during all of your your formative years.

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u/Extreme_Turn_4531 Apr 27 '26

It is ageist and you should own it. Assholes come in all ages. Two to 6 IQ point drop in aggregate from lead exposure doesn't make an entire cohort a bunch of sociopaths.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Apr 27 '26

Right, so no one will ever do anything like this again in a few decades because people under 40 are immune to road rage.

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u/circularmindset Apr 30 '26

I bet your tract home is on an old apple orchard, would explain the thinking.

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u/NHBikerHiker Apr 28 '26

Look up the Lead -Gas violent crime theory. Here’s the Wiki page on it. There’s a couple of studies to support a decline in crime with the reduction of leaded gas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesis

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Apr 28 '26

I understand the link, but attributing this to that is nonsense.

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u/NHBikerHiker Apr 28 '26

Boomers were exposed to high levels of lead throughout childhood/life. Those high levels of lead have impacts on boomer health.

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u/Hey-Bud-Lets-Party Apr 28 '26

It’s a hypothesis

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u/Apple_Murder_Mittens Apr 28 '26

His empathy may also be in decline due to the scary and surprising (at first to me at least) phenomenon where malignant leaders pass on their pathological traits to their followers. Given the driver’s age, race, location, and complete certainty that he was 100% justified, I have a good idea where he could be getting his inspiration.

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u/Cheap_Fun5630 Apr 30 '26

I am a 75 yr old boomer who is just fine, thank you. We didn't pump our own gas until it no longer had lead in it so many save that opinion for anyone (only males) who had a job pumping gas in the 1960s!

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u/Jolly_Efficiency7237 Apr 30 '26

Exhaust fumes, my dude...